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Board of Directors

Mogens Bay

Chairman, Robert B. Daugherty Foundation

Hank M. Bounds

Professor, University of South Alabama

Jeffrey P. Gold

President, University of Nebraska System

Felicia Marcus

William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University Water in the West Program

James B. Milliken

President, University of California

Emeritus Board Members and Leadership

Howard W. Buffett

Management Advisory Board, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Mike Johanns

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Senator of Nebraska

Roberto Lenton

Executive Director Emeritus

Peter G. McCornick

Executive Director Emeritus

Jeff Raikes

Co-Founder, Raikes Foundation, Past DWFI Board Chair

Leadership and Staff

Our core DWFI staff are an essential part of our mission and work every day toward a more water and food secure world. In addition to DWFI staff, we also work closely with those from the Nebraska Water Center, the Water Sciences Lab and the Water, Climate and Health Program.

Sammy Z. Akasheh

Senior Research Associate

Jesse Bell

Director of Water, Climate and Health

Craig Eiting

Web Developer and Graphic Design Specialist

Frances Hayes

Director of Communications and Public Relations

Harshanee Jayasekera

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Crystal Powers

Water and Cropping Systems Extension Educator

Karina Schoengold

Associate Director, Nebraska Water Center